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An Isle of Wight festival is swapping big-name headliners for beach cleans, wildlife walks and community-led events that celebrate the island’s UNESCO Biosphere Reserve status The post The island festival putting nature before acts appeared first on Positive News.

"When life gets difficult, it's something you can refer back to." The post New Jersey high school has mandatory rite of passage: 55-mile hike on the Appalachian Trail appeared first on Upworthy.

"The dollars you gave me, I have used them to grow a whole forest for you. When will you come to see it?" The post A teacher helped a woman plant trees in the desert. She found him 27 years later. appeared first on Upworthy.

Miners used this opportunity to repay the LGBTQ community from 40 years earlier. The post After a UK city defunded their Pride parade, trade unions raised money to fund it appeared first on Upworthy.

These quarters are worth far more than $0.25 each. The post Career waitress left her grandson a priceless gift—a vase filled with 7,679 quarters appeared first on Upworthy.

If they get grumpy, it's a huge red flag. The post Woman reveals a truly fool-proof answer when a man asks, ‘May I buy you a drink?’ appeared first on Upworthy.

What do you get when you take a statue of Moses pointing one finger toward the sky and place him on the football-mad campus of the University of Notre Dame? You get “First Down Moses,” of course. Outside the Hesburgh Library, there is a 17-foot-tall bronze statue of Moses. With one hand, he is holding the Ten Commandments, and with the other, he is pointing toward the heavens with his index finger extended. Perhaps he is suggesting Notre Dame is number one in college football or that a first down has just been made. The name “First Down Moses” was given to him by the student body when the sculpture was placed on campus. The sculpture was created by Josip Turkalj in 1962. A first down is earned when the offensive team advances the ball 10 or more yards in four plays or fewer. If they do this, a new first down is awarded, and another 10 or more yards must be gained in the next four plays.

For a planet to be habitable, it’s generally considered to need liquid water. To have liquid water, a planet needs an atmosphere. To have an atmosphere, it’s understood a world needs a magnetosphere, and for the first time ever, a team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet of magnetic fields—like Earth and Jupiter, […] The post Astronomers Open ‘New Window’ on Exoplanets After Landmark First Detection of Magnetospheres appeared first on Good News Network.

A campaign linked to Glasgow 2026 is using sport’s global reach to stop one million pieces of plastic reaching seas and rivers The post The Commonwealth Games relay taking aim at ocean plastic appeared first on Positive News.

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Also, 120 years ago today, President Teddy Roosevelt signed into law the Antiquities Act. The Act was intended to allow the President to set aside certain valuable public natural areas as park and conservation land. The 1906 act stated that it was intended for: “… the protection of objects of historic and scientific interest.” These […] The post Good News in History, June 8 appeared first on Good News Network.

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Picture two parents, both devoted. Both called every Sunday. Both showed up for birthdays, sent money when things got hard, and made every visible effort. One of them has an adult child who calls with the hard stuff: the job that fell apart, the relationship that ended badly, the […] The post The parenting habit that builds lifelong closeness with adult children first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.

"These are my pants. I like them. I bought them." The post 7 years ago, news anchor had the ultimate response to man who told her to dress ‘like a normal woman’ appeared first on Upworthy.

"4.5 stars. Accidentally got the extra gassy mode." The post Dad’s ‘Amazon product review’ of his newborn baby is parody perfection appeared first on Upworthy.